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capsid

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
capsid1

▶noun another term for mirid.

– origin C19: from mod. L. Capsidae (former synonym of the family Miridae), from Capsus (genus name).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
capsid2

▶noun Microbiology the protein coat or shell of a virus particle.

– origin 1960s: coined in Fr. from L. capsa (see case2).

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